<DIV><p>"A final reminder of why [Nabb] is irreplaceable among English-speaking novelists who write mysteries with Italian locales.&rdquo;&mdash;Marilyn Stasio, <I>The New York Times Book Review</I></p> <p>&ldquo;Nabb&rsquo;s books display all the rich prose and quirky characters that Christie was famous for.&rdquo;&mdash;<I>BookPage</I></p> <p>&ldquo;The world of crime fiction [is] poorer for the loss of Magdalen Nabb.&rdquo;&mdash;<I>The Boston Phoenix</I></p> <p>&ldquo;Charming. . . . Lovely.&rdquo;&mdash;<I>Rocky Mountain News</I></p> <p>&ldquo;If you didn&rsquo;t make it to Florence this summer, don&rsquo;t despair. . . . There&rsquo;s a new Marshal Guarnaccia investigation.&rdquo;&mdash;<I>Chicago Tribune</I></p> <p>&ldquo;Surpasses the best of Simenon.&rdquo;&mdash;<I>Kirkus Reviews</I></p> <p>&ldquo;There is no other series quite like the Guarnaccia stories.&rdquo;&mdash;<I>The Washington Post Book World</I></p> <p>Daniela is a quiet single mother studying for a doctorate in chemistry. She rarely goes out, so her murder in her bedroom at the family&rsquo;s new villa seems inexplicable. It is true that her mother, who appears to be an alcoholic; her younger sister, who has had mental problems; and her father, who has made his money running nightclubs and is probably involved in the international sex trade, are not your average home-loving Italian nuclear family, but what can she have done to be singled out for slaughter? And why has the prosecutor asked specifically for Marshal Guarnaccia to head the investigation?</p> <p>This is the fourteenth book in this acclaimed series. <B>Magdalen Nabb</B>, who was born and educated in England, lived and wrote in Florence, where she died on August 18, 2007.</p></DIV>